The word "xtt" is used at the beginning but not defined. I must admit that I'm unfamiliar with it. - [[User:KitchM|KitchM]] 10:29, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

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They shouldn't be done in relation to {{Filename|/}}; i.e., {{Codeline|ln -s /dir/dir2/file file}}. These are dangerous when cleaning a chroot, or deleting a mounted file-system in general. [[User:Time|Time]] 21:31, 5 December 2009 (EST)

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== Comments ==

== Comments ==

Revision as of 20:34, 23 November 2010

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LlamaZorz, when making edits please consider other users. This section is about installing, not about special considerations for those that use the Gnome desktop. A couple things too about your edit: not everybody's monitor is 96 DPI, not everyone's screen is of type RGB, hintslight is usually preferable but not always. All three of these have already been mentioned in the article. Please read the entire article before adding content to help save on repetative content.

I cant see how that really matters, Ubuntu gives those settings no matter what the computer or monitor used. The point of the patch was to get fonts in Arch to look
like that of Ubuntu. If you don't choose the settings I provided then you will never get fonts that look like that in Ubuntu. I am simply trying to fill in gaps in your documentation, which their are many and I mean many. Just because you mention a topic on one section, doesn't imply that you cant qualify it in another place. I stand by my submission. I am going to resubmit it.
LlamaZorz

Just because you mention a topic on one section, doesn't imply that you cant qualify it in another place.

From the heading Font_Configuration#LCD_filter_patched_packages and sub-heading Font_Configuration#Installation this section is about installing the LCD-patched packages. Putting configuration in this section does not fit in the form of this documentation and would divert most readers attention unnecessarily. If you look at this post in the forums, Arch users use a variety of DE, DE-like setups. Though GNOME isn't high on the list, this guide isn't written with it's exclusion or any other, it is written inclusively and for almost all reasons doesn't doesn't need to be desktop biased.

... Ubuntu gives those settings no matter what the computer or monitor used.

Actually this is GNOME that does this, except for the 'Rendering' and 'Smoothing' settings as LCD which by the last LTS release, Ubuntu hadn't modified. Perhaps this has changed by then but the argument is void because: 1) Matching a desktop environments Font Control Panel has already been mentioned here; 2) Setting DPI, RGB, and hintslight have already been mentioned in this same section. Setting the correct DPI is critical to font hinting. If you follow the DPI link, read about how DPI effects font rendering and how 96 DPI was a previous standard that seldom gets used anymore.

The point of the patch was to get fonts in Arch to look like that of Ubuntu.

Yes and no. By Ubuntu, I believe you might be referring to the GNOME desktop. The Ubuntu patches packages only differ slightly from the 'Original LCD' package and are actually built upon it with a few extra fontconfig configurations included. As to the direct correlation to the GNOME desktop there is none and will work for other desktops like XFCE, KDE...

I am simply trying to fill in gaps in your documentation, which their are many and I mean many.

This statement I can't use LlamaZorz because it gives no references, details... What sections, descriptions are omitted? How does one section not describe the details you think that most users will need?

Going to revert to previous version. Please, give information and details if you believe that this information is a good idea to this article. Particularly: how it doesn't repeat information unnecessarily (DPI, RGB, hintslight, previous mention of Font Control Panel); and where you think it should be included.

Merge with Fonts

Hi,

Right now there are the pages: Fonts and Font_Configuration. Both try to explain the same thing and both have way different (and valuable) information. Both have the same goal: setting up your fonts so therefore i suggest to merge this "Font_Configuration" with "Fonts" and delete this "Font_Configuration" page.

I guess people search on "fonts" first before searching on "font configuration".

Regards,
Mark

The fonts article talks about actual fonts/glyphs, while this talks about configuring the appearance/rendering. Both of them are really long articles, so I don't think a merge would be a good idea. Links between the articles are definitely a must have though. Thestinger 15:14, 1 October 2010 (EDT)